Numbers 11:27

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

American King James Version (AKJV)

And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And a young man went running to Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are acting as prophets in the tent-circle.

Webster's Revision

And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

World English Bible

A young man ran, and told Moses, and said, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!"

English Revised Version (ERV)

And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp.

Clarke's Numbers 11:27 Bible Commentary

Eldad and Medad do prophesy, etc. -

Eldad, they said, and Medad there,

Irregularly bold,

By Moses uncommission'd, dare

A separate meeting hold!

And still whom none but heaven will own.

Men whom the world decry,

Men authorized by God alone,

Presume to prophesy!

Wesley's Numbers 11:27 Bible Commentary

11:27 Told Moses - Fearing lest his authority should be diminished by their prophesying; and thereby taking authority to themselves without his consent.